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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: rbb@apache.org
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Subject: Re: server-status
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Mike Abbott wrote:

> I think 2.0's server status feature is too specific to connections.
> There is lots of other interesting information inside Apache that I
> would like to see on the server status page.  For instance, MPMs have
> data not only on connections but also on threads (e.g., the maximum
> number of threads dexter ever needed, which can be used to re-compile
> Apache with a smaller HARD_THREAD_LIMIT to save memory).  Also the
> static content cache I wrote for 1.3 displays a bunch of counters on the
> status page, but I had to patch mod_status to add the hook.
> 
> I propose making 2.0's server status report much more general by adding
> a status hook that any module could register.  Then mod_status would
> simply send the HTTP response header and iterate through the registered
> hook functions, allowing each one to report its own status in HTML
> directly using ap_rputs() and the like.
> 
> I haven't done it yet but I'm willing to, and to contribute a patch
> against 2.0a2 (or whatever alpha is current at the time).
> 
> Comments?

My understanding is that the current mod_status in 2.0 allows modules to
add data to the table already.  I have not investigated how this is done,
but that's what I have been told.  I would suggest really taking a good
look at what is already there before re-implementing the status stuff in
2.0.  If what you want isn't there, then go ahead and add more code to
make it work.

Ryan


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Ryan Bloom                        	rbb@apache.org
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